Harrassment

catman · Post by **catman** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:06 pm

Hi, Ive recently been harrassed and cheated by 'Bob Hughes' over email. He has taken the names of about 5 differrent people claiming to want to buy things from me. He claims he was 'sarge55' on the old groundpounder's website. Hes cheated me 3 times already, and I have lost over $300 doing business with him. At all costs, avoid these email addresses:

lightbrigade666@yahoo.com
tankertrue55@yahoo.com
jarheadparrisisland@yahoo.com
flowerpowerz_1974@yahoo.com
combataselmerproduction@yahoo.com
walkingtall6662003@yahoo.com

Some of these awful comments i've been recieving include:

'> carol hughes <flowerpowerz_1974@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Call a doctor Get Help You are Sick
> Ask your parents to find a doctor for you if you
> don't
> already have one!'

now i dont know if this is one person spreading false rumors or WHAT, they are certainly lying about any comments they make. I clearly sent my part of the deals, and the oppssing didnt.

ig there is anything possible in this situation to be done will a mod or someone help here?

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:27 pm

Catman I think you should have brought this to the attention of the Forum moderators, and let them handle your situation.

catman · Post by **catman** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:29 pm

well im just trying to warn people.. well i only know of aferg..
what can they do though?

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:35 pm

catman wrote:well im just trying to warn people.. well i only know of aferg..
what can they do though?

That’s the job of the forum moderators to decide, it’s always nice to be warned about some bad business dealings with others but, at the same time it can get messy.
I respect what you are trying to do but give the moderators a chance to investigate.

catman · Post by **catman** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:40 pm

i dunno, im sorry if its an unnessaccessry posts
if the mods care they will come in

Post by **aferguson** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:44 am

um......the forum moderators modertate the forum. There is nothing that can be done to 'investigate'.

All trades and sales are done at the indvidual's own risk. There is a sticky thread in the buy/sell/trade forum for posting favourable trade reports...you might want to review it before making a trade or sale. It is a good idea to post warnings, such as this one, in that form as well.

I will move this thread to the buy/sell/trade forum.

If you feel you have been cheated you can contact the person's local authorities with a complaint of mail fraud. If you have his home address you could also consider taking him to small claims court to recover your money.

Hasn't been a report like this in quite some time. Not since the 'Audey Murphy' case.

Always be aware of who you sell to or trade with.

One final note: anyone caught making false accusations against another board member will be permanently banned.

catman · Post by **catman** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:19 am

Well thanks, its just hes threatening to post things about me, and i want to clear up before hand that they are not true. Ive recieved 23 messages from him in the past hour. Unbelievable.

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:25 am

You sent over $300 worth of stuff on faith to someone who is not even a member of this board?

And you sent stuff to the same person at 3 different addresses or he cheated you three times at the same address?

If he is not a member he cannot post about you so don't worry, although something is amiss it seems...

catman · Post by **catman** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:28 am

he can become a member..
well there were three shippments I was supposed to recieve. One of them was for another board member, I thought I could finally get some FB on here..
I sent out my stuff as promsied, he made up many Screennames all answering within the same time period, say the same thing, that they have heard all this crap about me. I've already lost money here. I am just trying to make it clear that whatever is said upon me is not true.

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:33 am

Wait, so you sent three shipments to the same address? It's still a little unclear what happened. Are you saying you owe stuff to a board member on here?
I understand you are afraid of what might be said about you but your story is a bit hard to understand.

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:38 am

This is bringing back memories...

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:40 am

Funny you say that because if you remember during the more recent of the two exploits the guilty party posted a pre-emptive post about how he was a victim and pleaded for sympathy from the board - which he received until the truth came out.
viewtopic.php?p=3581&highlight=#3581

This is another thread involving a trade with a phantom member:
viewtopic.php?p=4287&highlight=&sid=94b ... 642ae#4287

That said a straight story would really help credibility here. I would also remind all members in good standing that
A) # of posts is irrelevant to a member's legitimacy
B) A member who's first posts are in the BST forum should be viewed with caution
C) Members with no feedback frankly cannot be trusted as sad as that sounds.

catman · Post by **catman** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:39 am

ok well perhaps i should just leave the boards, as this has gone far enough.

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:58 am

Safe to say if anyone on here is expecting anything from Catman you will not be getting it...I just hope nobody sent him anything or any money...

catman · Post by **catman** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:11 pm

wait what? im not the one cheating people here

Post by **aferguson** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:20 pm

anyway......it behooves everyone to tread cautiously when doing trades or sales and to take steps to protect ones self as much as is possible.

catman · Post by **catman** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:25 pm

the guy just called my work..

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:43 pm

Off topic: What the hell is knifing?!

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:17 pm

I don't know the whole deal on this, but it sounds odd to me. If this guy is a thief why would he call your work? Or for that matter harrass you at all? With previous bad traders like this have only came to this when the honest member threaten the guy with the authorities, because it is a crime.

I remember working on a trade with catman and he got mad when I asked him to send first do to his new member status and no feedback. Could have been he didn't understand what I asked of him, but then he didn't want to trade any more and wanted me to buy his items. I don't know if this has anything to do with this situation, but this whole thing does sound odd.

Anyway, I would suggest to catman to build trust (feedback) on the board before dealing with any new members with no feedback. Even if that requires you to send you items to the trusted member (with feedback). And always a good practice is not deal with any non-members who contact you through e-mails, unless they join the forum and want to send first.

momaw nadon

catman · Post by **catman** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:18 pm

lol i just collect rare knives..

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:20 pm

catman wrote:lol i just collect rare knives..

What does this have anything to do with this thread?
momaw nadon

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:23 pm

momaw nadon wrote:
catman wrote:lol i just collect rare knives..
What does this have anything to do with this thread?
momaw nadon

Momaw nadon, I inquired about what knifing was on Catman's profile. I know it was off topic sorry.

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:25 pm

Oh, ok that make sense. I thought it was a reply to my post or something like that.
momaw nadon

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:29 pm

That would be scary!

catman · Post by **catman** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:38 pm

momaw nadon wrote:I don't know the whole deal on this, but it sounds odd to me. If this guy is a thief why would he call your work? Or for that matter harrass you at all? With previous bad traders like this have only came to this when the honest member threaten the guy with the authorities, because it is a crime.

I remember working on a trade with catman and he got mad when I asked him to send first do to his new member status and no feedback. Could have been he didn't understand what I asked of him, but then he didn't want to trade any more and wanted me to buy his items. I don't know if this has anything to do with this situation, but this whole thing does sound odd.

Anyway, I would suggest to catman to build trust (feedback) on the board before dealing with any new members with no feedback. Even if that requires you to send you items to the trusted member (with feedback). And always a good practice is not deal with any non-members who contact you through e-mails, unless they join the forum and want to send first.

momaw nadon

Mamaw nadon, that claim is false. I didnt get 'mad' when you said i need to send first. I simply said that I realized i didnt NEED these items anymore. I felt bad about that though, as I already had said I would purchase them, so I offerred to buy anything else from you. That is what happened.

I know that with the older members I am to send first. I would prefer it actually. Im not stupid.

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